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Forehead Lengthening - How Much of a Gain in Length?

asked 1 year ago by hersheykissy in tx
Latest answer by Sam Naficy, MD
Question viewed 1,227 times
Tags: age 18-24, female

I am a 23 year old female.I have a very short hairline (almost 2inches). Is there any way of lengthening the forehead with a lift of some sort? If so how much of a gain in length would you see. Please briefty explain the procedure you would suggest. Roughly the cost as well. thanks for any help as I am extremely unhappy with my low hairline.

13 answers to Forehead Lengthening - How Much of a Gain in Length?

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Making Foreheads Longer.........Difficult!

You can gain a little with a endo forehead or a coronal lift.  The hairline will actually shorten your forehead.   I guess plastic surgeons will have to think hard and try to come up with a better operation but at present the most you can gain is about 5 to 10 mm.  (less than 1/2 inch)   Happy Valentines Day.   Dr commons
George Commons, MD

Palo Alto Plastic Surgeon
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Forehead Lengthening

If your eyebrows are low, an endoscopic or coronal browlift will elevate the hairline and stretch the forehead skin.  A bettter  technique is the placement of an expander in the forehead, strech the skin as much as desired, and then elevate the hairline  when the expander is removed. With this approach, we have total control when establishing forehead length.
Richard W. Fleming, MD

Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Forehead lengthening

I agree that a coronal forehead lift is the best procedure, especially if you need brow elevation as well - but it would be difficult to raise your hairline more than ~ 1cm.
Sam Naficy, MD

Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Hairline Advancement for Forehead Extension

By elevating the hairline, usually through an incision made back within the hairline, the forehead can be extended by as much as 2 to 3 cm in a flexible forehead.  To achieve any more elevation, tissue expansion of the forehead would be indicated, something that few patients are willing to tolerate.
Jeffrey Epstein MD, FACS

Miami Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Short forehead

Foreheads can be lenghtened by removing some of the hair - bearing scalp above the forehead.  This can be done with a lift.  It can be difficult to get a natural appearing hairline this way and a lift is required in order to stretch the skin. Make sure you see a board - certified plastic surgeon in consultation.
Samer W. Cabbabe, MD

Saint Louis Plastic Surgeon
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A Coronal brow lift will increase the height of your forehead but you need to have lower eye brows also

A coronal brow lift will increase the height of your forehead but it will also elevate your eyebrows. By making the incision back behind the hair line you lengthen your vertical forehead. This is one of the most exciting operations I do and it gives great results in the right patient. If your eye brows are a little low and you have deep frown lines between you eye brows this is exactly the operation for you. How ever if you don't have these changes then you won't want to look... more
Carl W. "Rick" Lentz III, MD

Daytona Beach Plastic Surgeon
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Most browlifts will lengthen the forehead

A short forehead is more difficult to improve than a long one. Most types of browlifts, other than a hairline or pretrichial technique, will actually lengthen the forehead to some degree. But this degree of lengthening is never more than .5 to 1 cm in actual length. It is possible to create real forehead lengthening through tissue expansion and scalp excision but this would be an extreme approach.
Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD

Indianapolis Plastic Surgeon
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Forehead lift?

Dear hersheykissy, A forehead lift is a great surgery, but only in the appropriately selected cases.  Surgery is generally preserved as a last resort for most cosmetic issues.  A low hairline is not traditionally treated with a forehead lift.  This is a difficult question to answer without pictures.  First, you must decide the aesthetic ideal placement of your hairline.  If it is indeed too low, consider possible hairstyle changes as your hairline will... more
Jason R. Hess, MD

San Diego Plastic Surgeon
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Raising the Hairline of fore head

Dear hersheykissy, You have an interesting problem. Before you embark on any surgery first decide where your hairline should be. and  have your stylist  mark it.  Then  shave off that area.    If   you like your new hairline  consult  someone who does good laser hair removal and have the hair removed  to  the new level. .It sound like wierd idea but  you are doing what is happening to lot of men( receding... more
Zain Kadri, MD

Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Forehead

This is a very interesting question, lengthening the forehead. Normally one wants about 7cm from brow to hairline. Aforehead lift will increase the width of the forehead 2 cm. However one can increase the width of the forehead if you are willing to undergo two surgeries and significant inconvenience between the two surgeries and the expense. Tissue expansion of the forehead then removal of expanders and making sure the brows are in good position.
Samir Shureih, MD

Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
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Forehead Lengthening VS. Hairline Repositioning

A Forehead Lift is intended to lift the brows and "open" the eyes. This can be done with an incision in front of the scalp hairline which can shorten an overly high forehead as well as advance forward a receding hairline. An endoscopic forehead lift can undermine the forehead and scalp allowing a seemingly short forehead to be apparently lengthened by moving the hairline posteriorly (although the actual skin of the forehead is not really increased). Which method is the one... more
Peter A. Aldea, MD

Memphis Plastic Surgeon
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Hard to understand what you are asking without a photo.

Dear HersheyKissy Endoscopic forhead lifts do tend to push the hairline back.  Generally, this effect is subtle and the improvement in the appearance of the forehead more than makes up for the change in the hair line position.  Occasionally gals get talked into having a forehead lift with the incision made a long the hairline to "shorten the forehead."  This scar is virtually always visible and causes compression of hair along the hairline that can look a... more
Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD

Los Angeles Oculoplastic Surgeon
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Video on Endo Brow Lift and discussion on Lengthening the forehead can be done

A forehead lift tends to make the forehead longer but not in a great degree. If you really want to lengthen the forehead another way to consider doing this is by carrying out hair removal with lasers and other techniques. You have to make sure this is what you want to do though. It could be permanent. Thanks for reading, Dr Young see video
Philip Young, MD

Bellevue Facial Plastic Surgeon

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